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present day, and of selecting annually those films which are deemed worthy of preservation as works of arts.
" It is hoped that it will be possible to use as criterion of choice the harmonious synthesis of pictorial, narrative, dramatic and histrionic qualities. The collection will undoubtedly be augmented eventually by the addition of cinematographic literature. The purpose is not to cover the field contemplated by the Archive in Washington for preservation of historical and current event films.
" In order to constitute and operate this archive a committee of the Harvard faculty, acting as a jury of award, after gathering from all available sources representative films of highest quality of the Past, will select in January of each year the films of the preceding twelve months, which, in its judgment, should be included in a library of this character. The announcement of its selections will be made public on March 1st. of each year. The enterprise contemplates also an annual or semi-annual formal presentation before members of the University and their guests of the chosen -films. "
Now we come to a consideration of what the motion picture industn/ itself is doing to make itself worthy of the opportunities for service offered by this great instrument in its custody.
Necessarily any discussion of this phase must be reduced to skeletonized form.
First of all, the producers and distributors of motion pictures have associated themselves together to do mutually those things that will be of common interest and good. Twenty-six companies, representing approximately 90 per cent of the pictures made, are members of the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America, of which Mr. Hays is the president.
The purposes of the Association are briefly to : « Establish and maintain the highest possible moral and artistic standards of motion picture production ; and to develop the educational value as well as the general usefulness of the motion picture. "
The Association performs all those duties pertinent to any trade association. It is concerned with Film Boards of Trade, Arbitration Boards, prevention of fraud, alleviation of waste, conservation, protection, industrial improvements, care of actors, extras, children, animals in pictures, establishment of foreign relations, protection of legal rights, and all other matters which may arise in the production and distribution and exhibition of pictures and which affect and serve the whole group.
But here is where the Association is unique. It does not stop with the trade association duties. It goes far beyond and it is formed to establish and maintain the highest possible moral and artistic standards of motion picture production, and to develop the use of pictures in education, in
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